Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...

bobi , Museveni , Uganda elections

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

High Court now stops Governor Sonko impeachment motion

By Dzuya Walter,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has received a temporary relief after the High Court on Monday stopped an impeachment motion against him. The motion fi...

impeachment , Mike Sonko

LGBT+ campaigner bids to become Tunisia’s first openly gay president

By Reuters,

A Tunisian politician vying to become his country's first openly gay president has said he will push to decriminalize gay sex and insisted his candida...

Beji Caid Essebsi , Mounir Baatour , tunisia

Lori lightfoot to become Chicago’s 1st black woman Mayor

By VOA,

Lori Lightfoot, a political newcomer, was on track to be elected the first black female mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, with a massive lead over opponent...

chicago

High Court postpones ruling on law banning gay sex

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has adjourned the much awaited ruling on whether to decriminalise gay sex in Kenya to May 24. While apologizing for not being able t...

gay sex ruling , LGBT

Taiwan unveils Asia’s first draft law on same-sex marriage

By Reuters,

Taiwan on Thursday proposed a draft law to allow same-sex marriage in Asia’s first such bill, but the legislation was criticized by rights activists...

President Tsai Ing-wen , SAME SEX MARRIAGE , Taiwan

LGBT parents challenge stereotypes in China

By Reuters,

Heads turn when An Hui and Ye Jianbin walk down a street in the Chinese city of Shenzhen with their triplets, who were conceived with help from a huma...

An Hui , An Zhifei , An Zhiya , An Zhizhong , china , IVF , LGBT , Ye Jianbin

Cuba panel closes door on gay marriage constitutional amendment

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The commission in charge of writing Communist-run Cuba’s new constitution has revised an original draft to remove the concept of marriage altogether...

Taiwan’s same-sex marriage vote divides families

By Reuters,

On a sunny day in a park in Taipei, photographer Austin Haung advises a same-sex couple on how to pose for a pre-wedding photo shoot. For him, Taiwan'...

Austin Haung , china , hong kong , LGBT , Malaysia , Singapore , Taipei , Taiwan

Taiwan’s Same-Sex Marriage Vote Divides Families

By VOA,

On a sunny day in a park in Taipei, photographer Austin Haung advises a same-sex couple on how to pose for a pre-wedding photo shoot. For him, Taiwan'...

bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community , President Tsai Ing-wen

Costa Rica’s same-sex couples can marry in 2020

By Reuters,

Same-sex couples in Costa Rica will have the right to get married by mid-2020, the nation’s constitutional court has ruled, a first for socially con...

CIEP , Enrique Sanchez , President Carlos Alvarado Quesada , San Jose-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Wachira Waruru elected Media Owners Association chairman

By Wangui Ngechu,

Royal Media Services Managing Director Wachira Waruru has been elected the new chairman of the Media Owners Association (MOA). The association brin...

Hanningtone Gaya , Nation Media Group , Orlando Lyomu , Royal Media Services , Standard Group , Tom Mshindi. , Wachira Waruru.

Ireland to hold abortion referendum in May

By AFP,

Ireland will hold a referendum at the end of May on liberalising its restrictive abortion laws, a highly sensitive issue in the traditionally devoutly...

Abortion laws in Ireland , Ireland abortion referundum , Ireland Prime Minister , Ireland's abortion laws , Leo Varadkar

Australia celebrates ‘day for love’ as it allows same-sex marriage

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Australia became the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage on Thursday, prompting cheers and singing from a packed parliament public gallery in a ...

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Celebrations as Australians back same-sex marriage

By Citizen Reporter,

Emotional celebrations erupted across Australia Wednesday as voters emphatically endorsed same-sex marriage after more than a decade of divisive debat...

AUSTRALIA AUTHORITIES , Australia's Armour Energy Ltd , Australia's LGBT community , PM Ross Turnbull

Australian PM slams gay slurs as marriage vote looms

By AFP,

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday called for respectful debate on an upcoming same-sex marriage vote, saying he "deplores" the hom...

anti gay bill , gay marriage ruling , gay rights , Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

African states fail to stop work of U.N. gay rights investigator

By Reuters,

African states failed on Monday to halt the work of the first U.N. independent investigator appointed to help protect gay and transgender people world...

UN

American Muslim expresses fear over Trump election

By CNN,

Dilshad Ali, a 40-year-old mother of three living in Virginia, reports that she has been buffered from the long and brutal 2016 presidential campaign....

america , College votes , Donald Trump , hillary clinton , Mike Pence , Muslims , us election , USA

Uganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye released hours after arrest

By Citizen Reporter,

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye was released Monday afternoon after being held by police for close to...

Kizza Besigye , Uganda Decides , yoweri museveni